revised 8/18 -- first version here, for anyone who cares to see how my poems evolve (even though no one instance proves the rule actually) (and should one be that interested, please leave a comment, i would love to hear from you. comments are why i blog).
The Palestinian Question
written even as Gaza is being bombed
again, like some Polish ghetto
to, when and no matter how frightening,
abandon that civilized ruth --
(useful obviously not whatsoever)
and endeavor this answer with truth;
to see in all the reporting, inventing,
slightly rephrased
the tired Question is brought;
to it we are taught responses;
by stinking trick long we've consented;
from it be assured, war will soon have new criminals wrought;
observe before you react.
sometimes you will be called
written even as Gaza is being bombed
again, like some Polish ghetto
to, when and no matter how frightening,
abandon that civilized ruth --
(useful obviously not whatsoever)
and endeavor this answer with truth;
to see in all the reporting, inventing,
slightly rephrased
the tired Question is brought;
to it we are taught responses;
by stinking trick long we've consented;
from it be assured, war will soon have new criminals wrought;
observe before you react.
sometimes you will be called
(coarse, too biased, or slight)
the truth may from actual facts -- not from talk --
-- but pay attention to
the truth may from actual facts -- not from talk --
-- but pay attention to
sources -- be startled squarely into the light:
the power
of a people it would repent me are mine
of Zion, a cancerous ill:
the horror
of a father's cries in Palestine
if his child
this Answer
will kill.
by a female faust
the power
of a people it would repent me are mine
of Zion, a cancerous ill:
the horror
of a father's cries in Palestine
if his child
this Answer
will kill.
by a female faust
